Acclaimed for having a voice “perfectly suited to Baroque music” by KCMETROPOLIS, baritone Jared Swope has begun a blossoming career as a solo, oratorio and choral singer. While balancing his undergraduate studies of music education and voice performance at Missouri State University, he has performed regularly with the Trinity Chamber Artists (KC) and the Tennessee Chamber Chorus. Recently, he performed as bass soloist in Te Deum Antiqua’s presentation of Dietrich Buxtehude’s Membra Jesu nostri. In April 2015, Jared performed as a member of the Carnegie Hall Chamber Chorus alongside Peter Phillips’ Tallis Scholars in their sold-out ‘Spem In Alium’ Project. In August 2015, he found himself performing 6 cantatas of J.S. Bach under the baton of Helmuth Rilling as a member of the Weimarer Bachkantaten Akademie, in concerts across eastern Germany. Jared is thrilled to return to the Academie in 2016. He is equally comfortable in roles of music performer, educator and advocate, firmly believing that music is a beautiful gift to the world that should be spread in every possible way.
